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<br />. Western Portion of County - The western portion of the county is primarily undeveloped <br />valleys and plateaus, Vegetation primarily consist of native grasses and greasewood in the <br />valleys, and cedars, ponderosa pine and greasewood on the plateaus, Much of the land is <br />easily erodible, <br /> <br /> <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br /> <br />. Eastern Portion of County - The Mancos River watershed primarily consists of alpine and <br />sub-alpine mountains, There is some development along the Mancos River at the Town of <br />Mancos, However, most development along the River is scattered ranch buildings and some <br />homesites, <br /> <br />. Mc Elmo Canyon downstream of Highway 666 is highly entrenched, In general, there is a <br />low flow channel within a flood flow channel, which is contained within the Canyon, There <br />is scattered development on the bench above the flood flow channel. There are several <br />bridges/low-flow crossings of Mc Elmo Creek to access residences, The flood-Ilow channel <br />banks are highly erodible, <br /> <br />. Most of Cortez and surrounding areas appear outside the major floodplains, <br /> <br />. The Town of Mancos appears to be partly within the Mancos River floodplain, The Mancos <br />River floodplain is much less entrenched than Mc Elmo Creek and the floodplain is generally <br />well connected with the low-flow channel. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br /> <br />Photo 1, Me Elmo Canyon west of Highway 666 <br /> <br />ce <br /> <br />2016 <br /> <br />montezuma_co_fieldrpt.doc <br />November 21,2000 <br />